Best Love Songs

1980s love songs

The 20 greatest love songs of the 1980s, ranked

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Prince Purple Rain

The Story of... 'Purple Rain' by Prince

Seal's Kiss from a Rose

The Story of... 'Kiss From a Rose' by Seal

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Richard Marx's best songs

Richard Marx's 10 best songs, ranked

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Coldplay's Fix You video

The Story of... 'Fix You' by Coldplay

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Romantic Love Songs, Wedding Songs and more

Amy Winehouse's best songs

Amy Winehouse's 10 greatest songs ever, ranked

Amy Winehouse

Whitney Houston famously covered Dolly Parton's country love song

The Story of... 'I Will Always Love You' by Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston

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All By Myself

The Story of... 'All By Myself' by Eric Carmen

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Bryan Adams scored a huge hit in 1991

The Story of... 'Everything I Do (I Do it For You)' by Bryan Adams

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The greatest love songs of all time

The 50 greatest love songs of all time, ranked

Song Lists

Take That

The Story of... 'Back for Good' by Take That

Take That

Whitney and Kevin had a beautiful friendship

Kevin Costner's beautiful relationship with "one true love" Whitney Houston revealed

Whitney Houston

Jimmy Ruffin

The Story of... 'What Becomes of the Brokenhearted' by Jimmy Ruffin

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The Story of... 'Angels' by Robbie Williams

The Story of... 'Angels' by Robbie Williams

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Lady A speak to Smooth Country

Lady A reveal the surprising story behind writing biggest hit 'Need You Now'

Country

The Temptations

The Temptations' 10 best songs, ranked

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The Cars' 1984 ballad 'Drive' was undoubtedly their biggest hit.

The Story Of… 'Drive' by The Cars

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Carpenters

The Carpenters' 10 greatest songs ever, ranked

Carpenters

Tracy Chapman's biggest hit was 'Fast Car'

The Story of... 'Fast Car' by Tracy Chapman

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Elton John

The Story of... 'Your Song' by Elton John

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Lonestar - Amazed music video

The Story of... 'Amazed' by Lonestar

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Rob Brydon reveals George Michael’s hilarious response after telling him he saw Wham! in Wales

Rob Brydon reveals George Michael’s hilarious response after telling him he saw Wham! in Wales

George Michael

When George Michael secretly donated all royalties from 'Jesus to a Child' to ChildLine

When George Michael secretly donated all royalties from 'Jesus to a Child' to ChildLine

George Michael

Sting Performs At The Aire Crown Theater

Sting's 10 greatest songs ever, ranked

Sting

Dirty Dancing's Patrick Swayze created one of the most romantic songs of the late 1980s, when he wrote and recorded 'She's Like The Wind' in 1984.

Patrick Swayze singing stripped back 'She's Like The Wind' from Dirty Dancing is out of this world

Music

Jon Bon Jovi and Dorothea have been married since 1989

Jon Bon Jovi and wife Dorothea's 40-year romance, and their secret to long-lasting love

Music

Barry Gibb paid homage to his beautiful wife Linda Gray, calling her "a very, very special person".

Barry Gibb reveals his secret behind 54-year marriage to "special" wife Linda

Barry Gibb

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George's cover version of a Bonnie Raitt classic was poignant because of the love he lost.

When George Michael broke hearts with his beautiful cover of a Bonnie Raitt classic

George Michael

Roberta Flack became a global sensation when she released 'Killing Me Softly With His Song'.

The Story of... 'Killing Me Softly With His Song' by Roberta Flack

Song Facts

Celine Dion's 10 greatest songs ever, ranked

Celine Dion's 10 best ever songs, ranked

Celine Dion

'Three Times A Lady' is one of the most timeless and tender ballads to achieve chart success around the world.

The Story of... 'Three Times A Lady' by The Commodores

Song Facts

Seal performs Kiss from a Rose

Seal performs incredible version of 'Kiss from a Rose' on The Kelly Clarkson Show

Music

Finish the lyrics to these classic love songs

QUIZ: Finish the lyrics to these classic love songs!

Quizzes

Savage Garden

The Story of... 'Truly Madly Deeply' by Savage Garden

Song Facts

Burt Bacharach wrote countless songs for exceptional talents, and sang with them too.

Burt Bacharach's 10 greatest ever duets: Adele, Barbra Streisand, Tom Jones and more

Music

One of the sweetest love songs ever written was written by one of the greatest ever songwriters.

The Story Of... '(They Long To Be) Close To You' by the Carpenters

Song Facts

Kelly Clarkson and Michael Bolton duet

Michael Bolton and Kelly Clarkson perform incredible impromptu duet of 'How Am I Supposed to Live Without You'

Music

Burt Bacharach

The 12 greatest songs written by Burt Bacharach, ranked

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Lady Antebellum - Need You Now

The Story of... 'Need You Now' by Lady A

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Madness - It Must Be Love

The Story of... 'It Must Be Love' by Madness

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All-4-One's I Swear video

The Story of... 'I Swear' by All-4-One

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The history of Dolly Parton and Carl Dean's relationship

The history of Dolly Parton and Carl Dean’s 56-year marriage, and their secret to long-lasting love

Dolly Parton

Ed Sheeran's 'Perfect' music video

The Story of... 'Perfect' by Ed Sheeran

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